法律英语词汇特点及其对翻译影响

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1、LexicalCharacteristicsofLegalEnglishandTheirInfluenceonTranslationAbstractThemainpurposesofthispresemthesisaretocalTythroughafurtherinvestigationofthespeciallexicalcharacteristicsoflegalEnglish,toanalyzetheexistentdifficultiesinthelegalEnglishtranslation,andtopresentthespecificle

2、galEnglishtranslatingmethodswhicharebasedongeneraltranslatingprinciplesandtheoriesandonparticularlegallexicalcharacteristics．ThisthesisiscomposedofsixChapters：ChapterOneisageneralintroductionoflegalEnglish．BasedonthelegalEnglishstudyathand,theauthordiscussesthedefinitionandclassi

3、ficationsoflegalEnglish．Theauthoralsopointsoutthatduetothepeculiarresearchadvantageofthelanguageusedintheselegaldocuments，theresearchmaterialsinthisthesisaremainlychosenfromthiskindoflegallanguage．Furthermore，theauthorindicatestheimportantfunctionoflegallexiconinthelegalEnglish．C

4、hapterTwomakesaninvestigationanddiscussionoflegalEnglishetymology．Theauthorintroducesthereasouswhythearchaisms，LatinandFrenchhavebecomethelegallexicalsonrces．ThentheauthormentionstheabsolutenecessityofthesethreeiexicalsourcesinlegalEnglish．ChapterThreeisthemainbodyofthisthesis．As

5、aninstrmnentallanguage，legalEnglishisdifferentfromcommonEnglishinmanyaspects．Amongthesedifferences，themostdistinctisthelexicalcharacteristics．Fromeightaspects，theauthorelaboratesonthepecllliarlexicalcharacteristicsoflegalEnglish，includingemploymentofthecondensedandcompactformalwo

6、rds，juxtapositionofsynonymsornear-synonyms，theemploymentofmodalverbs，lowadoptionofpronouns,particularusageofadjectivesandadverbs，andsupplementoflegalEnglishlexicon．Duringthediscussion，theauthordoesnotmerelymakeasimplebriefdescriptionofthelexicalcharacteristics；onthecontrary,theau

7、thormakesananalysisofthereasonsfortheoco,llTenceandexistenceofthesecharacteristics．Theseanalyses，asthereaderwilleasilydiscover,iiishowthattheprecise，formal，andrigidcharacteroflegalEnglishhasadirectrelationwiththecharacteroflegalprofessions．ChapterFourdiscussesthebasicinformationo

8、flegalEnglishtranslation．The‘'translatio